A tragic incident occurred in Tamaulipas, Mexico, where a Texas man and his companion were killed when their vehicle detonated after striking a landmine planted by cartel operatives. This incident follows previous reports of similar explosions causing injuries to civilians, prompting the Mexican government to issue public warnings about the presence of cartel landmines on dirt roads.
A Texas man and a friend traveling with him in Mexico tragically died when their vehicle detonated after striking a cartel-placed landmine. This fatal incident follows previous reports from Breitbart Texas detailing explosions that resulted in civilian injuries. These reports prompted the Mexican government to acknowledge the issue and issue public warnings to residents about the presence of cartel landmine s on dirt roads in Tamaulipas .
The deadly explosion occurred on Friday when 70-year-old Jesus Antonio Cespedes Saldierna, a resident of Brownsville, Texas, was traveling in a Ford pickup truck with Texas license plates. He was accompanied by two friends, 60-year-old Horacio Lopez Pena and 50-year-old Ninfa Griselda Ortega Lucio, who are believed to be Mexican nationals. As their vehicle traversed a dirt road connecting the rural communities of Guadalupe Victoria and Santa Rita in the municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, it struck an explosive device. This device had been strategically planted by cartel gunmen as part of an ongoing turf war with rival factions. The blast tragically killed Cespedes and Lopez, while causing serious injuries to Ortega. Emergency medical personnel promptly transported the injured woman to a local hospital as authorities diligently documented the scene of the explosion. Mexican government officials have attempted to conceal the identities of the victims to avoid drawing attention to the fact that a U.S. citizen perished due to a cartel-related explosion. However, exclusive information obtained by Breitbart Texas from Mexican law enforcement sources sheds light on the case. The northern region of Tamaulipas has become a focal point of intense turf warfare between rival factions of the Gulf Cartel. The primary battleground is between the Metros faction operating from Reynosa and the Escorpiones faction based in Matamoros. San Fernando is currently under the control of a criminal organization known as Old School Zetas or Sierra Fox, which has aligned with Los Metros to challenge the Escorpiones. This week, the Tamaulipas government distributed a series of flyers warning residents about the presence of cartel landmines following a Breitbart Texas report detailing an explosion that injured two workers from Mexico's National Water Commission (CONAGUA) in an area situated between Rio Bravo and Reynosa.
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